South Galveston News

Securities Board paid an average compensation of $74,910 during 2020, this was more than the public employee average of $51,794, according to data compiled by The Texas Tribune.

The highest-paid public employee in Texas was Brian Guthrie, who earned $754,275 as the executive director at the Teacher Retirement System.

The national median hourly wage is $19.14 according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the OECD, the average yearly wage in the US is more than $60,000.

When calculating average compensation, only employees categorized as full-time were included.

Rank	Employee	Amount Earned
1	Marlene Sparkman	$170,688
2	Joseph Rotunda	$164,508
3	Travis Iles	$162,491
4	Derek Lauterjung	$152,236
5	Clinton Edgar	$150,008
6	Tommy Green Jr.	$140,228
7	Dale Barron	$122,155
8	Cheryn Netz	$115,000
9	Tina Lawrence	$113,032
10	Michael Armendariz	$112,007
10	Robin Brady	$112,007
12	Linda Bailey	$105,364
13	Angela Cole	$105,032
13	Matthew Leslie	$105,032
13	Sara Scribner	$105,032
13	Matthew Wise	$105,032
17	Elizabeth Hodges	$104,012
18	Misty Smith	$100,000
19	Emily Diaz	$96,000
20	Eliza Lujan	$95,378
20	Rani Sabban	$95,378
22	Shaun Yarroll	$92,744
23	Greta Cantwell	$90,251
23	Rachael Luna	$90,251
23	Suzanne Steinmetz	$90,251
26	Kelsey Heaton	$86,000
27	Jeramy Heintz	$86,000
28	Stephen Goodman	$85,008
29	Sara Ramon	$84,000
30	Makeba Charles	$83,000
31	Kaporshia Purifoy	$82,664
32	Phillip Fuselier	$77,100
33	George Smith	$76,878
34	Crystal Cuellar	$75,017
35	Patrick Noel	$74,000
36	Stephanie Edgar	$72,000
37	Josh Cretsinger	$71,267
38	Brittanie Jones	$69,984
39	William Mitchell	$69,600
40	Nitesh Govil	$68,600
41	Adewunmi Asoro	$68,300
42	Kathryn Miner	$62,355
43	Sonia Fergerson	$60,074
44	Rynders Rachel Anderson	$60,000
44	Kathryn Cook	$60,000
44	Christopher Hufty	$60,000
47	Laura Saenz	$59,500
48	Jerri Goldstein	$57,100
49	Paige Cheung	$56,000
50	Justin Stoll	$54,000
51	Wendy Moody	$51,600
52	Jacqueline Hickman	$51,000
53	Monica Guerra	$50,800
54	Alexis Cantrell	$50,000
54	Seth Oufnac	$50,000
56	Jocelyn Rodriguez	$48,000
57	Febe Collazo-Martinez	$46,800
58	Waseem Chaudhry	$46,000
59	Myra Mendoza	$45,000
60	Eumikia McElroy	$43,000
61	Melinda Campolla	$42,000
61	Chima Chinedo	$42,000
61	Charles Deans	$42,000
61	Corbin Jones	$42,000
61	Tolulope Oloniyo	$42,000
61	Juan Villasana	$42,000
61	Gary Wachs	$42,000
68	Lou Lucas	$40,800
69	Vanessa Jones	$39,262
70	Brandy Neal	$39,000
71	Nisa Flores	$38,859
71	Jacqueline Stokes	$38,859
73	Jessica Neal	$37,600
74	Shasha Chi	$36,859
75	Margaret Rocha	$36,500
76	Zadie Stellar	$36,000
77	Catarina Alaniz	$35,492
78	Sandra Baker	$35,000